You say things like this in a way that makes me think you underestimate them. These are the same type of people that elected the current administration. While their beliefs maybe a joke to you, when they get in to power, it won't be funny to you any longer. These same groups talked about the slow boring of hard wood that the reversal of Roe was going to be. This was late 80s and early 90s.
Continuing to ignore or make fun of people with polar opposite viewpoints as your own to the point you become complacent will lead to exactly the situation we are in now. I promise you the people you are making fun or are not complacent and are vigilantly being active in having things changed to their liking.
Treating someone as a joke maybe cool at parties of like minded people, but now we are where we are because too many did not take things seriously.
> While their beliefs maybe a joke to you, when they get in to power, it won't be funny to you any longer.
SMH It's not about being funny. It's about the seriousness of their opinion. Rational people think that people's irrational beliefs are as serious as a joke (unserious). This has nothing to do with the political power of the misguided, nor the results of their own poor reasoning. I feel like this is painfully obvious. It also feels a bit like being baited into spelling it out in the face of a politically motivated response.
SMH, the rational people that have checked out and allowed the according to you, irrational, to take over government. I understand you in your position of being "rational" think those with differing opinions are nothing but a joke. You've make that clear to the rest of us, yet you fail to see it as a negative about yourself. The lack of empathy for those with opposing views is why we are in the state we are today. People just want to make themselves feel good about their own decisions by belittling everyone else. It's just gross.
> SMH, the rational people that have checked out and allowed the according to you, irrational, to take over government.
This is not compelling as to why you have demonstrably misinterpreted the sentiment. It appears you are dead-set on trying to make some preachy political statement that falls utterly flat. Having exhausted that derail, you engage with some hand wavy personal attacks. Good luck with that.
My intent has not changed in this thread, just more details. I asked why you thought the "meme" was a joke, but then you said the people were the joke for holding the belief of the meme as real. You defining another person as a joke for their beliefs is just a bad way of attempting to resolve any issues. If you're one to just prefer to make fun of people then mission accomplished. If you're one that wants to understand the larger effects when everyone runs around just making fun of each other, then mission unaccomplished
Continuing to ignore or make fun of people with polar opposite viewpoints as your own to the point you become complacent will lead to exactly the situation we are in now. I promise you the people you are making fun or are not complacent and are vigilantly being active in having things changed to their liking.
Treating someone as a joke maybe cool at parties of like minded people, but now we are where we are because too many did not take things seriously.